Choosing The Earbuds That Are Right For You, Could Gmail Be About To Get More Difficult To Log Into, And Amazon Upgrades Alexa Access On podcast

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On this week's edition of Access On: Join us for our Autonomous Vehicle boutique 0:00 Rob Quinn from MakeSense Technology discusses the Vector 1:38 Problems copying text from web pages using JAWS 32:54 My perspective on different earbuds 34:43 Accessible televisions 44:36 Working with multiple tabs in Google Docs 49:51 Getting to the iOS status bar 54:02 Closing and contact info 59:24…

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More on using AI tools, Innosearch is a phone call away, and Netflix on various devices 58:58

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In this week's edition of Access On: Introduction 0:00 Join us for an update on autonomous vehicles 0:58 Google AI Studio 3:12 ChatGPT Voice and video 13:59 I want a stand-alone talking thermostat 16:28 Can AI walk me through a route? 17:50 Getting information from a slide presentation 31:00 The arrival of the Copilot key 33:11 CSUN 2025, the NFB national convention, and exercise equipment 37:58 The benefit of using several operating systems 40:20 YouTube for iOS speed control broken 42:51 Innosearch is now a phone call away 44:43 Netflix on Samsung TVs 51:56…

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Echo Vision Smart glasses, accessible televisions, and audio transcription solutions 59:32

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Welcome to episode 20 of Access On. This week: Introduction 0:00 Update from Google regarding SMS two-factor authentication 1:50 Podcast sponsorship opportunities now available 5:45 Huasong Cao from Agiga discusses the Echo Vision Smart Glasses 6:27 Inaccessible tools on the job 43:21 Can't get to the status bar of my iPhone via my Braille display 46:57 Looking for advice on accessible TVs 48:48 Tech tip, transcribing audio with ChatGPT 52:16…

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creating PowerPoint presentations with a screen reader 59:27

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In this week's Access On, we're doing a deep dive into PowerPoint from a blindness perspective. Here's what you can hear, and when. Join us for our extended seminar on online meeting platforms 0:00 Creating PowerPoint presentations as a blind person 1:50 Tech tip, the iOS ItemChooser 56:16 Closing and contact info 58:17…

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When AI isn't the right tool, Aira and Be My Eyes on your PC, and more Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses feedback 1:00:51

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On this week's edition of the National Federation of the Blind's technology podcast: Introduction 0:00 Darrell Hilliker discusses AI hallucinations 1:41 Using Be My Eyes and Aira Explorer on your PC 11:18 Resolution to Facebook for iOS comments bug 34:17 Link previews disappear in WhatsApp 34:43 International availability of Meta AI on Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 35:32 Choosing the right Braille display, and Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses feedback 37:15 Using my NLS eReader as a Braille display 42:45 Longstanding bug with Netflix and the Amazon Fire TV Cube 44:43 A range of accessibility issues 49:17 Tech Tip, pinning folders to Quick Access in Windows 57:02 Closing and contact info 59:41…

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a recap of CSUN, a Facebook iOS regression, and how some iPhone users can find one another in a crowd 1:00:25

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In this week's edition of Access On: Panel discussion about CSUN 2025 0:00 Facebook for iOS regression re comments 49:06 Seeking advice on accessible fitness equipment 49:52 Innosearch is great but needs to do more 52:24 Three tech questions 53:48 Tech tip, finding another iPhone user in a crowd 56:57 Closing and contact info 59:15…

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AI prompt engineering. How to communicate with AI to get the results you want 59:54

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This week, we bring you an abridged recording of our recent boutique on AI prompt engineering. It covers: Introduction 0:00 Overview and general examples of prompt engineering 1:47 Using prompt engineering to get the visual information you want 24:37 Custom GPTs and tactile graphics 47:02 Closing and contact info 58:44…

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choosing the earbuds that are right for you, could Gmail be about to get more difficult to log into, and Amazon upgrades Alexa 1:00:37

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Coming up in this week's episode: Introduction 0:00 Register for our PowerPoint training boutique 1:15 Finding the earbuds that are right for you 2:29 Amazon announces a significant Alexa upgrade 42:30 Could logging into Gmail become less accessible 47:08 Thoughts on the BT Speak 51:06 Tech tip, converting photo file formats on Mac 55:36 Closing and contact info 59:27…

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Making purchases in-person, Apples iPhone 16e, and MLB Beat the Streak 1:00:20

9 weeks ago1:00:20

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In this week's episode: Introduction 0:00 Shopping in-person is problematic 1:16 Discussion about accessible kiosks and other purchasing options 14:09 The iPhone 16e 30:58 Variable quality of audio description 37:17 Alexa.amazon.com appears to have gone 40:41 Accessibility of MailChimp 42:56 Navigation apps for pedestrians 44:42 Eset VPN accessibility issue 46:27 Finding Access On on the SensePlayer 48:48 Reporting a problem with Uber Eats, and MLB's Beat the Streak 49:43 Geographic restrictions of the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses 53:07 Focusrite Vocaster 2 54:15 My use of the BTSpeak 56:55 Tech tip, finding used Perkins Braillers online 58:10 Closing and contact info 59:10…

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Scribe for documents and when automated remediation is the right answer, inaccessibility limiting our tech choices, and making a phone call to ChatGPT 1:00:34

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This week on Access On: Introduction 0:00 Your final reminder to register for our AI prompt engineering boutique 0:59 Follow-up from some items on previous episodes 2:56 Mike Calvo and Matt Campbell from Pneuma Solutions discuss Scribe for Documents 5:40 When we can't choose the tools we prefer due to inaccessibility 43:57 Access ChatGPT via phone 56:28 Closing and contact info 59:24…

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The NFB President Mark Riccobono talks technology advocacy, and the National Federation of the Blind RadioNetwork NFBRN 59:38

11 weeks ago59:38

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On this week's episode of Access On: Introduction 0:00 Register for the webinar, how to engineer an AI prompt on Feb 25 0:53 National Federation of the Blind President, Mark Riccobono 2:02 On Innosearch doing the heavy lifting 42:08 Flock accessibility, learning a language, and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses 45:26 Remembering Ed Potter 49:01 Recommending a captioning service 51:13 Some potential downsides of buying through Innosearch 51:44 When accessibility breaks 54:16 Tech tip, battery health 57:34…

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Blazie Technologies prepares its first refreshable Braille product, more on Facebook accessibility, and join us for our AI prompt engineering boutique 59:10

12 weeks ago59:10

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Here's what's in store for you on this episode, followed by the time in the file you can hear the item. Introduction 0:00 Update on Facebook accessibility 0:53 Bryan Blazie and David Goldfield of Blazie Technologies 4:33 Accessibility of the RODECaster 44:43 Ray-Ban Meta Smart glasses 49:35 Playback Magazine and other publications of the past 53:50 Boutique on how to engineer an AI prompt 54:56 Tech tip, Scribe for Documents 56:25 Closing and contact info 58:00…

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Meta rolls out some accessibility fixes to Facebook, Audiom provides accessible maps, and learning a language 1:00:38

13 weeks ago1:00:38

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In this week's episode: Introduction 0:00 Improvements to Facebook accessibility 0:54 To use the mobile experience on a desktop device, visit https://facebook.com/?force_mobile=1 Brandom Biggs discusses Audiom 13:02 Remembering Ed Potter 43:35 Listening to Access On with SensePlayer, and accounting software 45:44 Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and hearing aids 47:10 Accessibility of Microsoft Word for iOS 50:16 Learning another language 51:40 Configuring the restaurant program for Phonak hearing aids 54:49 Closing and contact info 59:28…

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The NFB's Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Accessibility, Meta Smart Glasses review, and a tribute to Ed Potter 59:43

14 weeks ago59:43

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Welcome to episode 9 of Access On. Here's what you can hear in this week's episode. Introduction 0:00 Ed Potter dies 0:50 To hear past episodes of Playback Magazine, you can check out the Playback magazine Archive Jonathan Mosen, Karl Belanger and Kennedy Zimnik discuss the National Federation of the Blind's Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Accessibility 4:33 Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 31:36 Review of Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 33:58 Brit Box has no audio description 47:39 Seeing AI barcode descriptions deteriorating 48:24 Problems composing posts in Facebook for iOS 50:09 Learning another language 52:00 Accessible closed captions 53:39 Switching software, now my job is less accessible 55:11 Tech Tip, Paprika Recipe Manager 56:39 Closing and contact info 58:33…

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Accessible shopping with Innosearch.ai, podcast apps for your iPhone, and organize your travel with TripIt 1:00:05

15 weeks ago1:00:05